Re: Secondary recommendation

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Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>

John, All

I was looking for a fairly general answer.  Most websites I've looked at
give the impression that 19AWG is too large for a 4" and for that matter a
6" regardless of input power.

For the record I'll be driving this with a single 15/60 initially but once I
have enough PFC scrounged up I'll be using two 15/60s.  If I can get enough
PFC scrounged up I might use my two 15/60s tied together with a 15/30.  I
could wind a short fat one with a piece of 12" PVC I have, but I'm saving
that piece of pipe for a future TC.

The spark gap will be a static RQ/TCBOR type with 7 segments, the capacitor
will be the saltwater caps I'm using with my 2.5" (~20nf) and the toroid
size I'm unsure of at this point.  Since I don't know what my secondary will
be I can't plan the capacitance needed for the toroid.  Most likely it will
be a 6" dryer duct toroid, similiar to what I have on my 2.5" just bigger.

Mark Stolz
Houston, TX

>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>In a message dated 7/31/01 3:28:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>writes:
>
> > Hi All!
> >
> >  I've just about finished tweaking my little 2.5" TC and am planning the
>next
> >  one. :-)
> >
> >  I have an 11 lbs roll of 19AWG magnet wire and I wanted recommendations
>from
> >  the list as to the size of the secondary.  I was thinking 4" PVC since 
>I
> >  have a piece of it, but wondered if 6" might be better.
> >
> >  Thanks in advance!
> >
> >  Mark Stolz
>
>Mark,
>
>the answer depends very much on the input power that will be
>used, also the breakrate, and capacitor size, toroid size, etc.
>All those things need to be known before it can be determined
>what the best secondary size is.
>
>John Freau
>